re:Worship: Search results for easter

This is just one of the many beautiful litanies and prayers in Sharlande's collection, Prayers & Litanies for the Christian Seasons, published by Smyth & Helwys, 1999.

For other Easter benedictions, see Easter Benediction, More Benedictions for Easter and Easter Call to Worship / Prayer Litany. You might also be interested in Video Benediction for Easter.

Call to Worship / Benediction for Easter 2

Here are a few possible Calls to Worship and Benedictions based on I Peter 1:3-9 and Psalm 16, two of the suggested scripture passages (Revised Common Lectionary) for the second Sunday of Easter (Year A).

Easter 2: Call to Worship I

(based on 1 Peter 1)

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who, in his great mercy, has brought us to life again

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead!

Rejoice!

Come into his presence with joy and singing!

Easter 2: Responsive Call to Worship II

(based on 1 Peter 1; Revelation 7)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Through the resurrection of his Son, Jesus Christ,

we have been born anew into a living hope;

we have been given an inheritance that will never pass away!

Blessing and glory

and honor and power and might

be to our God forever and ever!

Amen.

Easter 2: Call to Worship III

(based on 1 Peter 1)

Praise God!

Because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

we have been given a brand-new life,

and a glorious future!

Come into his presence with praise and thanksgiving,

with laughter and song.

Give thanks to him, and praise his name!

Easter 2: Call to Worship IV

(based on 1 Peter 1)

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

whom we do not yet see, yet whom we love;

whom we have not yet met, yet whom we trust!

Let us come before him with thanksgiving and praise;

and celebrate what he has done for us!

Easter 2: Call to Worship V

(1 Peter 1:3-4 The Voice)

Blessed is God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Liberator!

Because he has raised Jesus, the Liberator, from death,

through his great mercy we have been reborn into a living hope—

reborn for an eternal inheritance, held in reserve in heaven,

that will never fade or fail.

Come, let us worship God together!

Easter 2: Benediction I

(based on Psalm 16)

As you go from here,

know that God is always with you.

Do not be shaken, for he is right beside you.

He will show you the way that leads to life!

Easter 2: Benediction II

(based on Psalm 16)

Keep the Lord always before you.

If he is beside you, you cannot be shaken.

He will show you the path to life,

and in his presence you will discover unending joy.

The wonderful image at the top of this post, "Jesus appears to Thomas"

is by Jesus Mafa, a set of African illustrations of the gospel story.

To learn more about their wonderful art, visit their website.

For more worship resources for the first Sunday after Easter,
click on "Easter 2" in the list of "Links" to the right.

Easter carols for Holy Humor (Laughter) Sunday

Easter Carols

Planning worship for Laughter Sunday (aka Holy Humor Sunday, Bright Sunday)? Here are a number of new song texts—set to traditional Christmas carol tunes—written by Paul Lintern, a Lutheran pastor, humorist and motivational speaker.

According to the Joyful Noiseletter, (the site on which these Easter carols originally appear), these texts are free to use in worship.

God Bless You Merry Sinner
(Tune: God Bless Ye Merry Gentlemen)

God bless you merry sinner,
you're forgiven it is true;
Remember Christ your Savior

has lived and died for you,
and lives again as King of Kings,
of saint and sinner, too.
Oh, tidings of Easter peace and joy,
peace and joy.
Oh, tidings of Easter peace and joy.

In Jerusalem at Calvary
that dismal Friday morn,
amid the pain and suffering
eternal life was born.
It came with arms outstretched to us,
right through the curtain torn.
Oh, tidings of Easter peace and joy,
peace and joy.
Oh, tidings of Easter peace and joy.

So sing an alleluia,
for our Savior's victory,
and shout to all “Hosanna!”
that we have been set free
from sin and death and devil's grip

throughout eternity.
We'll have tidings of Easter peace and joy,

peace and joy.
Glad tidings of Easter peace and joy.

Hark The Herald Angel Said
(Tune: Hark the Herald Angels Sing)

Hark the herald angel said,
“Why seek Jesus with the dead?
He's not here, as you can see,
gravecloths lie where he would be.
On your way now, tell the others,
Jesus will be with his brothers.
Sisters, too, he wants to see
on the hills of Galilee.”
Hark the herald angel said,
“He is risen from the dead!”

Go tell it on the Mountain

Chorus:
Go tell it on the mountain,

over the hills and everywhere,
Go tell it on the mountain
that Jesus is alive.

While soldiers watched the gravesite
that quiet Sunday dawn
there came a big commotion
and then the storm was gone.

The women found no body

their spices to anoint;
instead they found an angel,
God's message to appoint.

Go from where He isn't
to where He said He'd be.
An Easter-time reunion:
the hills of Galilee.

For more ideas about how to celebrate Laughter Sunday/Holy Humor Sunday, visit the Joyful Noiseletter site.

The wonderful image at the top of this post is titled Rejoice, by artist Robert Ashley.

(For more Holy Humor / Laughter Sunday worship resources, click on “Laughter/Holy Humor” under the list of “Labels” on the right side of the page.)

More Benedictions for Easter

Here are a few ideas for scriptural benedictions on Easter Sunday.

Easter Benediction I

(based on Hebrews 13)

And now, may the God of peace,

who brought back again from the dead our Lord Jesus,

equip you with all you need for doing his will.

May he produce in you,

through the power of Jesus Christ,

all this is pleasing to him.

To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Easter Benediction II

(based on 2 Corinthians 1)

All praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the source of every mercy, the God of all consolation.

Do not rely on yourselves alone, but put your trust in him.

For the God who can raise the dead to life again

will also deliver you!

Easter Benediction III

(based on Isaiah 43)

Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by your name, you are mine.

When you go through deep waters and great trouble,

I will be with you.

When you go through rivers of difficulty,

you will not drown!

When you walk through the fire of oppression,

you will not be burned; the flames will not consume you.

For I am the Lord, your God,

the Holy One of

Israel

, your Saviour.

For other Easter benedictions, see Easter Benediction, Easter Sending/Benediction and Easter Call to Worship / Prayer Litany. You might also be interested in Video Benediction for Easter.

Calls to Worship: Topical Index

Here’s a list of some of the calls to worship on this blog, listed by title or topic. (Updated regularly)

You can also search for calls to worship by scripture reference—see one of these scriptural indexes:

Calls to Worship: Old Testament
Calls to Worship: New Testament

If you are looking for a call to worship for a specific season or celebration (e.g. Christmas, Mother’s Day, etc.), try the list of “Labels” at the lower right side of the page, or see this list of all the Indexes on this blog.

A call to worship from Psalm 100
A drop of water
A new song

A Night to Remember (Maundy Thursday)

A Promise of Faithfulness (Jeremiah 29)
A Remarkable God
A Story of Love (John 3:16)

Advent: A great light (Isaiah 9)

Advent: A voice cries out (Isaiah 40)

Advent: Advent Awaits
Advent: Almost Here
Advent: Are we ready?
Advent: As Advent Begins
Advent: Behold the Signs

Advent call to worship (Luke 1)

Advent call to worship: The Christ Child Comes
Advent call to worship: The Coming of the Lord
Advent call to worship: Waiting
Advent Dreams: Garlands instead of Ashes
Advent Gathering: The Mystery Begins
Advent: Gathering with Joy (Isaiah 12)
Advent: God Comes!
Advent: Good News! (Zephaniah 3)

Advent: He is coming

Advent: Here is your God

Advent: In due time (Hebrews 1)

Advent: In this season of expectation

Advent: Listen! (Isaiah 40)
Advent: Listen to the Spirit urging us to get ready

Advent Litany: Prepare a Way for the Lord
Advent Litany: Upside Down Victory
Advent: Magnificat (Luke 1)
Advent: O come, O come Emmanuel (Psalm 89)

Advent: Our souls magnify the Lord (Luke 1)
Advent: Prepare a way

Advent: Prepare the way
Advent: Prepare the way (Isaiah 11)
Advent: Sing praises to God on high (Isaiah 12)
Advent: Solstice
Advent: Tenacious Hope
Advent: The Christ who came and comes again (Isaiah 2:1-5)

Advent: The God who speaks comfort (Isaiah 40)
Advent: The night is almost over

Advent: The people walking in darkness (Isaiah 9)

Advent: Waiting
Advent: Wake from sleep
Advent: We come to worship Christ (Isaiah 61)

Advent: Where crooked roads need straightening

All Are Welcome
All Saints: Sing Praise
All Good Gifts
All Saints: We come to be Your people

All Saints: We remember, O God (Hebrews 12)

All who are thirsty
All You Who Are Thirsty (Isaiah 55)
Alleluia! Come and praise Him (Psalm 113)
Alleluia! Praise, you servants of Yahweh (Psalm 113)
Always there is a choice (1 Kings 18)
Anointed (Isaiah 61, Luke 4)
Alpha and Omega (Revelation 1:4-8)
An invitation to all
Approaching the throne of grace (Hebrews 4)

Are you awake?

Arise!

Arise, O Lord (Psalm 132)

Ask, and it shall be given

Ask, and it will be given (Luke 11)

As the deer pants… (Psalm 42 and 43)

Ascension calls to worship

Ascribe to our God (Psalm 29)

Ash Wednesday: Blow the trumpet (Joel 2)

Ash Wednesday Call to Worship
Ash Wednesday call to worship

Ash Wednesday: Return to the Lord (Joel 2)

As we gather...
At night…each day (Psalm 30)
Awake from your sleep (Romans 13)
Baptism of Christ
Baptism of Jesus

Beatitudes
Beatitudes call to worship (Luke 6)

Beatitudes: Happy are we
Because of Christ
Be silent and know that I am God (Psalm 46)
Be still and aware of God’s presence (Luke 10)

Bless the Lord, my soul (Psalm 103)

Blessed are the poor in spirit (Matthew 5)
Blessed are those who have not seen (Easter 2)

Blessed are those whose transgression is forgiven (Psalm 32)

Blessed be the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth (Psalm 124)
Blessed is the one (Revelation 1:3)
Blue Christmas/Longest Night
Bold and Timid
Boasting in the Lord (Psalm 20, 2 Corinthians 5:6-17)
Call to worship for Communion Sunday
Call to Worship for Mother's Day or Father's Day
Call to worship for the beginning of Lent
Call to worship litany: Psalm 85

Call to worship litany: Psalm 100 (intergenerational)

Call to Worship, Opening Prayer: Christmas Eve
Call to Worship: Prepare the Way (Advent)
Call to Worship: Beatitudes

Call to worship: Psalm 8

Call to worship: Trinity

Called into the wilderness
Called to a holy life (2 Timothy 1:9-10)
Called to be His own

Called to reach out

Call to thanksgiving from the psalms

Caring Shepherd (Psalm 23)

Celebrate resurrection!

Cemented to Christ
Christ is risen: Alleluia!

Christ the King Sunday call to worship

Call, all who seek the Lord God

Call to us today
Can our soul-weary bones live again? (Ezekiel 37)

Christ is risen! Now what?
Christ is risen! (3rd century)
Christmas: Arise, Shine! (Isaiah 9, 60)

Christmas call to worship

Christmas Call to Worship: Come and See
Christmas Call to Worship: Let Us God
Christmas Call to Worship: Isaiah 9:2-7
Christmas call to worship: We Gather
Christmas call to worship: Come Away
Christmas call to worship: We are here
Christmas: Candle Litany

Christmas: Glory to God in the highest!
Christmas: Let the celebrations begin
Christmas: One of us
Christmas: To us a child is born

Christmas: Welcome the light

Christmas Eve: Edge of Your Seat
Christmas Eve: Hush

Christmas Eve: In the quiet of the night

Christmas Eve: O come, O come Emmanuel

Christmas Eve: On this holiest of nights
Christmas Eve: Time is standing still

Christmas Eve: The impossible is about to happen

Christmas Litany: John 1

Choose Life!

Clap your hands! Shout for joy! (Psalm 47)
Come!
Come!

Come, all that are weary (Matthew 11)
Come, all who are thirsty
Come, all who thirst—come to the water

Come, all you who are struggling

Come, all you whose souls thirst (Psalm 42 and 43)

Come among us, healing God
Come and celebrate!

Come and eat!

Come and give thanks!
Come and hear what God has done (Psalm 66)

Come and praise God! (Psalm 111)
Come and see

Come and see the works of God (Psalm 66)

Come and worship! (Intergenerational)

Come and worship, all you who love and serve our God

Come and worship Christ (Colossians 1)
Come, behold the works of the Lord (Psalm 46)
Come bless the Lord, in whom we find our refuge (Psalm 16)

Come bless the Lord with me (Psalm 103)

Come bless the Lord who guides us (Psalm 16)

Come, bringing treasure, seeking treasure (Mark 10)
Come, brothers and sisters (Romans 12) Intergenerational

Come, children of God

Come, come praise the eternal God! (Psalm 103)

Come, God is leading us home

Come into this sacred space (Psalm 19)

Come, let us worship and bow down (Psalm 5)

Come, let us gather (Psalm 78)

Come, let’s praise God together (Psalm 145)

Come, let’s praise God together (Psalm 149)
Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord (Isaiah 2)

Come let us praise God together (Psalm 111)

Come, let us sing to the Lord (Psalm 98)
Come, lift up your hearts to the Lord (Psalm 25)

Come, listen to the One (Psalm 50)

Come, people of God (Psalm 116)

Come, sing a new song to God (Psalm 98)
Come sing and dance before the Lord
Come, sing praise to the Lord (Psalm 146)
Come, sing to the Lord! (Isaiah 12)
Come, Spirit
Come, there is room for all!

Come to me (Matthew 11)

Come to me! Follow me!

Come to the banquet (Matthew 22)

Come to the water

Come to us even now

Come with what you have
Creation (Psalm 8, Genesis 1)
Creator God, You call us to generosity
Crossing the sea together (Exodus 14)

Daily bread
Dance of the New Creation (Colossians 1)
Day by day

Death has no victory
Don’t you know? (Isaiah 40)

Draw us closer

Each day

Easter call to worship

Easter call to worship (Year C)
Easter call to worship: New Creation
Easter call to worship: Risen!
Easter: Alleluia!

Easter: Christ calls us home
Easter: Christ is risen!

Easter: Come to me, all you who sit in darkness

Easter: Early on the first day of the week
Easter: From the darkness of the grave

Easter: Hold your head high!
Easter: In the dark of the early morning

Easter: Out of the darkness of grief

Easter people
Easter: Rejoice!
Easter Resurrection Morning
Easter: The Day of the Lord
Easter: The One You Are Looking for is Alive
Easter: The stone has been rolled away (John 20)

Easter: U2 Easter call to worship

Easter: We have not seen the risen Christ

Easter: When the tomb looms large

Easter: Where is this Jesus?

Easter: Wonderful

Easter: Worthy is the Lamb who was slain

Easter Sunday: Litany of Praise
Easter Morning: The Tomb is Empty
Emmaus Road
Epiphany: Arise, Shine!
Epiphany call to worship

Epiphany: God is there

Epiphany: Light, light and more light

Epiphany: The light is here

Epiphany: The new dawn will arise

Epiphany: The Kingdom (Matthew 2:1-12)
Epiphany: We gather wondering

Everything is New (Isaiah 65)
Faith and Work
Faithful to a thousand generations (Psalm 105)

Father’s Day calls to worship

Father’s Day: scriptural call to worship

Feed us, Jesus
Finding God
Finding life

First and Last
First Sunday of Lent
First Sunday of Lent
Follow me!
Follow me (intergenerational)

For God so loved the world (John 3:16)

Fresh with possibility

From everlasting to everlasting
From every nation, in every language (Revelation 7)
From near and far, we come together (Jeremiah 31)
Gather around, you are welcome here
Gather us in

Give thanks to God! (Ephesians 5:20)
Give thanks to the Lord (Isaiah 12:3-6)
Give thanks to the Lord (Psalm 105)

Give thanks to the Lord: Isaiah 12

Give the Lord glory and honor (Psalm 96)

Give to the Lord the glory He deserves (Psalm 96)
God alone is our shelter and strength (Psalm 46)
God alone is our refuge and hope (Psalm 71)
God always keeps his promises (Psalm 105)

God calls to the lost, the least

God comes

God comes to us

God does not call us to ease or comfort (Genesis 22)
God has called us (Hebrews 11-12)

God has gathered us

God has set before us life and death (Deuteronomy 30)
God is gathering the people (Jeremiah 31)
God is gracious
God is great, and God is here! (Isaiah 12)
God is in our midst (Luke 4)
God is our light and our salvation (Psalm 27)
God is our refuge (Psalm 46)
God is our refuge and strength (Psalm 46)
God is our refuge and our strength (Psalm 46)
God is already here (Hebrews 10)
God is present now

God is with us now

God looks from heaven (Psalm 14, Ephesians 3)
God loved the world (John 3:16)

God meets us
God of laughter (Holy Humour Sunday)

God, our Host, welcomes us (Psalm 81)

God rules the earth with justice (Psalm 97)
God says welcome!
God sends light to us this day

God the Lord has spoken (Psalm 50)

God: the Lord of all life

God, You are calling
God, You search me and know me (Psalm 139)

God’s faithful love endures

God's Presence in Creation (Genesis 1)
God's Steadfast Love Reaches Out (Psalm 36)
God's Story, Our Story (Revelation 21)
Good Friday call to worship
Good Friday: Embrace the Darkness

Good Friday: Opening litany

Good News!
Grace and peace to you (Revelation 1)
Grace to you, and peace (Revelation 1:4)
Grace to you, and peace (Revelation 1)
Graduation Call to Worship
Great is our God and abundant in power (Psalm 147)

Great is our God, and worthy of praise (Psalm 145)
Great is our Lord, the King! (Psalm 98)
Greatest Commandment (Mark 12)
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord (Psalm 148)
Hallelujah! We will praise the Lord (Psalm 146)
Happy are those whose help is God (Psalm 146)
Happy are those... (Psalm 146)
Happy are those whose hope is in the Lord (Psalm 146)
Happy are those who walk in God's ways (Psalm 119)
Happy are those whose way is blameless (Psalm 119)

Happy are we when we walk in Your ways

Happy are we who dwell in Your house (Psalm 84)
Have you not seen? (Isaiah 40)

He is the One we have come to worship (Hebrews 1:1-3)
Healing God, we come together
Hear us (Psalm 80) Intergenerational

Here in this place

Here in this place…in this time…in these moments

Here, our Beloved speaks to us (Song of Solomon 2)
Here today is love

Here we are
Here we are, ready or not

Holy are You, O God of grace (Psalm 67)
Holy God, in reverent awe (Psalm 98)
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord our God and King (Psalm 99)
Holy Humor call to worship

Holy Humor call to worship
Holy Humour: Praise in the most unlikely places

Holy One, dwell within us (Jeremiah 31)
Honored Guests (Luke 7)
How amazing are the deeds of our God (Psalm 111)
How beautiful are the places where you dwell

How beautiful upon the mountains (Isaiah)

How does God speak? (Psalm 19)

How good it is to sing praises (Psalm 147)

How good it is to sing praise (Psalm 147)

How good it is (Psalm 147)
How shall we worship our God? (Micah 6:1-8)

Hunger and Thirst
I am the Bread of Life
I lift my eyes up
I lift my eyes up to the mountains (Psalm 121)
I waited patiently for God (Psalm 40)
I was glad when they said to me (Psalm 122)
I was glad when they said to me (Psalm 122, 124)
I was glad when they said to me (Psalm 122:1)
I was glad when they said to me (Psalm 122:1-4)
I will exalt You, my God
I will exalt You, my God and King (Psalm 145)
I will give thanks to You, O Lord (Isaiah 12)
If God is for us, who is against us (Romans 8)
If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens (Matthew 11)
In a world ravaged by war (Psalm 22)

In an image-saturated world (Colossians 1)
In step with God

In the beauty of this moment
In the midst of a world where people hunger and thirst…

In the midst of life’s storms
In the Morning (Psalm 5:3)
In the name of Jesus Christ, let us worship God

In the presence of an awesome Holy Love
Invitation

It is enough for us… (1 Kings 19)

Jesus invites us to come

Jesus is Lord!

Jesus is the Living Bread
Join the Angel Band (Revelation 5)
Joy comes to those who hope in God (Psalm 146)

King of all the earth, Creator of the Universe (Psalm 51)
Kingship of Christ

Kneeling in the Darkness (Advent, Epiphany, Christmas)
Labor Day Call to Worship
Laughter Sunday Call to Worship, Prayer
Lent: A Call to Journey
Lent: Invited to journey

Lent: Litany for the beginning of Lent

Lent 1: Call to Worship

Let everyone in the world fear the Lord (Psalm 33)

Let the heavens be glad (Psalm 96)
Let the people praise you, O God
Let this be the welcoming place (Luke 15)
Let us begin this day by rejoicing (Psalm 126)
Let us lift up the name of the Lord (Psalm 30
Let us walk in the light of the Lord
Let us wrestle (Genesis 32)

Let’s praise God together (Psalm 65)

Lent: The dust that shapes the journey
Lent: Turn back to God
Lent: We rejoice

Let us boldly draw near (Hebrews 4)
Let us hold firmly to the faith we confess (Hebrews 4)
Lift up your voice (Psalm 130)

Lift your eyes to God (Psalm 123)
Listen! Can you hear it?
Listen up, everyone! God has given us work to do (Isaiah 49)

Listen! Wisdom is Calling (Proverbs 8)
Litany: Come and Listen
Litany of the Called
Litany of praise (Psalm 111)

Litany: The light is coming

Living Stones
Longest Night/Blue Christmas call to worship
Lord of All (responsive litany, Acts 10)

Lord my God, how great you are (Psalm 104)
Love One Another
Loving God and one another
Made for Worship
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Maundy Thursday: Are you prepared?

Maundy Thursday call to worship

Maundy Thursday: Come and remember

May God be gracious to us (Psalm 67)
May our praise go on forever

May we be bound with love

May we find here

Memorial Day Call to Worship
Memorial Day Call to Worship
Memorial Day Call to Worship
Mother's Day Call to Worship Litany
Mother’s Day: And Jesus said, “Come”

Mother’s Day call to worship

My soul thirsts for God…

Never put your trust in princes or politicians (Psalm 146)
New Year Call to Worship
New Year: For everything there is a season

New Year: God’s Promises

New Year: The year has thinned
No God like You (1 Kings 8)
No longer outsiders
No one is an island

No other God like you
O God, have mercy on us (Psalm 51)
O God, you called us by name to come (Psalm 40)

O let us give thanks to the Lord (Psalm 107)
Oh come, let us worship
On this day we gather to remember (Good Friday)
One thing I have asked of the Lord (Psalm 27)

Open your eyes!
Opening for Trinity Sunday
Our God

Our God invites us
Our God Reigns (Psalm 93)
Our help is in the name of the Lord our God

Our souls magnify the Lord (Luke 1)

Out of the depths (Psalm 130 and John 6)
Palm Sunday (intergenerational)

Palm Sunday: Behold, your King comes to you
Palm Sunday call to worship

Palm Sunday: Cleansing the temple

Palm Sunday: Contemporary call to worship

Palm Sunday: Jesus entered into Jerusalem

Palm Sunday: Let us enter the city with God today

Palm Sunday: Our Lord is on a journey
Passover Litany
Peace be within your walls (Psalm 122)

Pentecost Call to Worship

Pentecost Call to Worship: Jesus Promised
Pentecost: Come, Holy Spirit

Pentecost: Send down your Spirit

Pentecost: The Spirit is here among us

Pentecost: Touched by holy fire

Pentecost: When the day of Pentecost had come…

People of God, open your eyes!

People of God, look around!

People of the Light (Romans 6)
People of the Light (Psalm 122)

Praise be to God!
Praise be to God!
Praise be to God!

Praise be to God! (Psalm 28)
Praise God! Psalm 148
Praise God from the Heavens

Praise, O servants of the Lord (Psalm 113)
Praise the Eternal God (Psalm 113)
Praise the Lord! (Psalm 103)

Praise the Lord! (Psalm 111)

Raised from the dead

Receptive to the Word (Psalm 119)
Reconciling God
Reformation Day: opening litany

Rekindling the gift of faith (2 Timothy 1)
Remembrance Day Call to Worship
Remembrance Day: Call to Worship
Responsive Call to Worship: Psalm 148
Resturn to the Lord your God
Revolution
Salt and Light
Seeing the Risen Christ
Seekers and Followers
Seeking God’s presence

Seeking justice

Send down the fire of your justice (Joel 2:28-29)
Send out your light and your truth (Psalm 43)

Send your Spirit upon us (Mark 1)

September 11 call to worship

Shout out to God, all the earth (Psalm 66)
Shout with joy to God, all the earth (Psalm 100)

Sign of the covenant

Sing a New Song!
Sing a new song to the Lord (Psalm 96)

Sing aloud to God, our strength (Psalm 81)

Sing for Joy (Zephaniah 3)
Sing praise to God! (Psalm 30)

Sing praises to God on high (Isaiah 12)
Sing praises to the Lord! (Psalm 30)

Sing to God a Brand-New Song (Psalm 149)

Solstice (Advent, Christmas, Blue Christmas)
So we come

Surely God is in this Place
Surely God is my salvation (Isaiah 12)
Surely God is our salvation (Isaiah 12)

Surely God is our salvation - Litany
Surely the Lord is in this place (Genesis 28)

Sustained by God's presence
Telling time differently (Psalm 90) Intergenerational

Thanksgiving: Shouts of joy!
Thanksgiving call to worship

Thank You!
Thanksgiving Litany: 1 Chronicles 16:23-24
The blessings of God (Psalm 107)

The Call of the Shepherd (Psalm 23, John 10)
The days are surely coming (Jeremiah 31)

The earth is the Lord's (Psalm 24)

The earth shakes, the mountains quake (Psalm 46)
The eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him (Psalm 33)

The first shall be last (Mark 9)
The foolish say... (Psalm 14)

The foolish say, “There is no God” (Psalm 14)

The Gathering One
The gifts of God

The God of All
The God of Many Names
The God of our fathers and mothers

The God who comes when we least expect it (Matthew 14)

The God who has called us together

The God who seeks and saves the lost (Luke 19)
The heavens are telling (Psalm 19)
The Holy One is here (Psalm 145)
The greatest commandment (Matthew 22)

The heavens are telling (Psalm 19)

The heavens are telling the glory of God (Psalm 19)

The kingdom of God is here and coming (Matthew 13)

The law of the Lord is perfect (Psalm 19)
The light of God has come!

The Lord is King! (Psalm 99)

The Lord is King! (Psalm 97)
The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)
The Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23)
The Lord Reigns!
The love of Jesus Christ
The people who walk in darkness (Isaiah 9)
The Rocks Cry Out - Palm Sunday

The Spirit of God bids us "Come" (Revelation 22)
The vine emerges

The Vineyard

The Voice calling (Jonah 3)

The word has come for us from God
There is a time

There is no one like our God (Isaiah 44)

There is no God like our God
There is no one like our God
There the stone has been rolled away

This day, in this place (Joshua 24)

This is God’s house (Genesis 28) Intergenerational

This is our God, the Holy One
This is the day the Lord has made
This is the good news which we proclaim to you (Easter)
This is the place...
This place, for us, is holy ground (Exodus 3)

Thirsty? (Isaiah 55)

Thirsting for God
Though storm clouds threaten
Through the Open Door
Time to watch (Advent)

To God be praise and glory!

To God, who knows and loves us all (Romans 8)

To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul (Psalm 25)

Transfiguration: A Glory Escaping

Transfiguration: Beyond our busyness
Transfiguration: Entry into worship

Transfiguration: Opening litany

Transfiguration: We do not know what to say (Mark 9)

Transfiguration: Welcome to the mountain

Transform us by Your Word
Trinitarian call to worship
Trinitarian call to worship

Trinity Sunday: Let us shape a space
Turning a cheek
Unless our worship is genuine
Victory belongs to our God (Revelation 7)
Wait for the Lord
Wake Up. Listen. Act.
Waters of God
We are here in the name of Jesus Christ
We are hungry
We are Jesus' disciples (Maundy Thursday)
We are met in the presence of God
We are the body
We are the people of God

We bid you welcome
We bring our lives (Pentecost)
We come
We come
We come

We come because…

We come, for God gathers us here (Matthew 25:31-46)
We come in joy to celebrate and worship God (Psalm 122)

We come in reverent awe (Psalm 96)
We come today (Psalm 119)
We come together as one
We come to give thanks (Psalm 126)
We come to hear the stories
We come to worship and praise our God (Psalm 78)

We come to worship our God

We come to worship You (Psalm 72)

We come together to celebrate Jesus Christ (Philippians 2)

We enter this place with thanksgiving (Psalm 100)

We follow Christ (Mark 8)

We gather as God’s people

We gather as one body
We gather here in anticipation

We gather in Your name (Psalm 139)

We gather in this place
We gather to celebrate (Psalm 100)

We gather to give thanks to You, O Lord (Psalm 138)

We gather to praise and worship (Psalm 30)

We gather to worship

We gather to worship and praise (Psalm 90)

We gather to worship the God of our ancestors (Psalm 22)
We gather together…

We gather together

We gather together in praise and worship (Psalm 124)
We gather together in the name of our God

We gather together to celebrate the joy in our lives
We gather together to remember (Psalm 78)

We have come
We have seen the light of God (Transfiguration)

We lift up our souls to you, Holy God (Psalm 25)
We may be thirsty and parched…

We meet in the presence of God
We wait for you

We wait quietly before God (Psalm 62)

We who wait for the Lord (Isaiah 40)

We will worship You among the people (Psalm 22)

We wish to see Jesus
We worship
We Worship God
Welcoming a New Year
Welcome to a time of wonder

Welcome to this place
What are your dreams? (Psalm 126)

What do you bring to worship?

What does the Lord require of you?
What can we give back to God? (Psalm 116)

What extravagant love is this? (Romans 8)

What mighty praise belongs to you
What offering do we need to bring to God?

When God speaks (Psalm 19)

When we wait (Advent, Christmas)
Who do you say that I am?
Who may worship in Your sanctuary (Psalm 15)

Who may worship in Your sanctuary, Lord? (Psalm 15)

Who will hear?
Whom then shall we invite? (Matthew 22)

Whose story is this?
With all the earth, I praise the Lord (Psalm 103)

With what shall we come before the Lord? (Micah 6)
Wonderful is the God of Christ (Beatitudes)
World Communion Sunday
World Communion Sunday
Worthy is the Lamb (Revelation 5)
Worthy is the Lamb! (Revelation 5)
You alone (Psalm 146)
You are our security, O Lord (Psalm 16)

You are our security, Lord (Psalm 16)

You are welcome
You call us to be one
You have done marvelous things
Worthy of praise (5^th century litany)

Your church gathers
Your coming is not in vain!
Your steadfast love (Psalm 36)
You have changed our sadness into joy (Psalm 30)

You have turned our mourning into dancing

Welcome!

New to this blog? See How to use this blog....

Please note: If you use material from this blog, please be careful to credit the original author and source. They are clearly identified in each blog post. (There is no need to credit the re:Worship blog itself.)

Submissions: I am so grateful to those of you who send me your own material to post! We all benefit from your creativity and generosity. If you haven't previously submitted something but would like to, you can find my email address by clicking on my name in the "About Me" section below.

Looking for something? Here are some indexes that might be helpful:

Calls to Worship: Old Testament

Calls to Worship: New Testament

Calls to Worship by Title/Topic

Prayer Index: Psalms

Prayer Index: Old Testament

Prayer Index: Matthew & Mark

Prayer Index: Luke & John

Prayer Index: Acts through Revelation

Prayers of the People by Title

Opening Prayers by Title/Topic

Affirmations of Faith: Topical